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speaking truth to the new powerTue, 03 Mar 2015 18:36:00 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: BruceMcBurneyhttp://pando.com/2014/02/02/how-legalizing-pot-could-lower-crime-rates-and-make-everyone-safer/#comment-78292
Fri, 07 Feb 2014 02:42:45 +0000http://pando.com/?p=125241#comment-78292The thing is most people do not know that the real reason hemp was made
illegal, was at that time they found that the hemp seed oil could make
plastics, that when used with the fiber of the plant, the product was 5
times stronger than steel with a 300 year shelf life. Oil companies make
more money from plastics than gasoline. The oil companies used laws to
help profits before by giving millions of $$$ to the women’s temperance
leagues (anti alcohol tea toddlers ) to make booze the oil boys
competition illegal with prohibition. Back then, cars truck and tractors
ran on alcohol, 75 % of stills destroyed were for driving not drinking,
One year later doubled gasoline sales, That is not all they suppressed
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]]>By: BruceMcBurneyhttp://pando.com/2014/02/02/how-legalizing-pot-could-lower-crime-rates-and-make-everyone-safer/#comment-78291
Fri, 07 Feb 2014 02:37:57 +0000http://pando.com/?p=125241#comment-78291The thing is most people do not know that the real reason hemp was made illegal, was at that time they found that the seed oil could make plastics that when used with the fiber of the plant the product was 5 times stronger than steel with a 300 year shelf life. Oil companies make more money from plastics than gasoline oil companies used laws to help profits before by giving millions of $$$ to the women’s temperance leagues (anti alcohol tea toddlers ) to make booze the oil boys competition illegal with prohibition. Back then, cars truck and tractors ran on alcohol, 75 % of stills destroyed were for driving not drinking, that is not all they suppressed for technolgy for 5 times fuel mileage see http://www.himacresearch.com
]]>By: DennisEijshttp://pando.com/2014/02/02/how-legalizing-pot-could-lower-crime-rates-and-make-everyone-safer/#comment-78276
Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:44:09 +0000http://pando.com/?p=125241#comment-78276tombyrer, marihuana ‘addicts’, let me tell you, cigarettes are more addictive then marihuana. I can easily go without marihuana, I used it occasionally. And marihuana is a victimless ‘crime’, unless you see yourself as a user as a ‘victim’, the only victims are there now because it being illegal. And yes, criminals will move on to other means of making easy and fast money, lets follow your reasoning. Lets make chocolat (made by slaves actually) coffee tea and whatever illegal, that way criminals can make enough money on that, so that human trafficking can stop altogether. And yes, money spend on marihuana could go to help others, but taxation on marihuana would do that too. So you would be able to use the relaxation substance of your choice, AND help others. Besides that, marihuana has positive health properties. So all your negatives I just broke down, lets make it legal for an adult age,)O+->
]]>By: rakedbmigratehttp://pando.com/2014/02/02/how-legalizing-pot-could-lower-crime-rates-and-make-everyone-safer/#comment-78150
Wed, 05 Feb 2014 14:55:53 +0000http://pando.com/?p=125241#comment-78150tomByrer

“Criminals will simple move on to something else that is illegal to make a quick buck once their old gig is up. Once drugs are up, they’ll move on into more tricking teens into prostitution, underground selling of organs, etc.”

They are already involved in these types of activities. And they’ve found them to be much more difficult and less profitable than drugs.

“It would raise more money if pot smokers stopped smoking & donated the money & time they would have spent on pot towards ‘schools, infrastructure, and public services’ if you want to use that for a legalization-taxation excuse.”

Yeah, sure, if everyone donated their recreational budgets to worthy causes there would be less pain and suffering on earth. But I don’t see you rushing to sell all your DJ equipment for the benefit of others. You could argue that DJing is just as much of a waste of time and energy as smoking bud. Why are you asking others to do something you wouldn’t do yourself?

“BTW, many pro-pot folks were dragging their heals against raising pot taxes, so please don’t wave that flag.”

Straw man. She never argued for lower pot taxes as far as you know, don’t put the words of others in her mouth.